The Sheriff's Office says that the horse appeared to have been assaulted with a shovel, which led to its death.

Beginning on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, U.S. Highway 385 from the south end of Pactola Dam to Taylor Ranch Road will be closed to ...

The Pactola Reservoir has reached record high levels and several areas of the reservoir are now submerged, including sections of the Veteran's Point trail, many places in the parking lot, the Pactola ...

The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate the deadly assault of a horse in the area of McCurdy Gulch ...

According to a sheriff’s office release, it appears that someone assaulted the horse with a shovel, killing it.

Pennington County Deputies responded to a call where someone appeared to have assaulted a horse with a shovel, leading to its ...

A 2015 view of the Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills. (Courtesy of Black Hills National Forest) The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of ...

Four years after they started boating at Pactola Reservoir, Derek and Brea Chaplin of Ellsworth Air Force Base were pleasantly surprised Saturday to discover a beach at the Black Hills lake. "We ...

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — More than 20,000 acres of land and water in the Pactola Reservoir will be safe from any possible drilling or mining for the next 20 years, according to a news release from ...

The Biden administration is barring mining and geothermal leasing in a critical South Dakota watershed for two decades, likely blocking a contentious bid to explore for gold there. Secretary of the ...

The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of South Dakota’s Black Hills. The ban covers 32 square miles of federally owned land located about ...